What is the last book you read, and your rating?
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Re: What is the last book you read, and your rating?
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It begins with a discussion about hemorrhoids, and moves on to frank and fearless treatises on female genital hygiene, periods, various bodily discharges, including how they taste and smell and a lengthy dissertation on the nuances of anal sex. I think I learned some things I didn't really want to know.
Roche seems to have gone for a feminist liberation approach, rebelling against standards that have repressed women over centuries which dictate that they must be "sugar and spice and all things nice", ladylike in their behaviour and language and cognizant that certain things must never be discussed, even among the sisterhood.
But, ultimately, the framework for these ideas is very shaky indeed, and I don't believe Roche has succeeded effectively in her intentions.
The story is weak and the writing is nothing more than ordinary. By being so extreme in the frankness of the content, it has actually detracted from its effectiveness. There is very little here except the shock value of its explicitness.
Even the sub-plot about Helen's desires to bring her separated parents together is flimsy and never gains any traction.
So, as objectively as I can assess it, I am giving this one a fail. It has only curiosity value, not literary merit. 2 stars out of 5
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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I’d rate it 5 stars... i love reading about positivity. Also i likef how it was relatable because she used her real life situations in her book as well.
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It is said to be partly autobiographical, because, just like its heroine Laura Rambotham, the young Ethel Richardson was sent to an exclusive girls school in Melbourne from her home in the country. But Laura is apparently nothing like the author, and the events in the novel are mostly fictitious.
Laura is a very flawed character throughout this gentle coming of age story. She is never really grateful for her mother's sacrifices, lacks charm and grace, and is naively innocent to the point of having no sense of her true inner self.
The major flaw of this work is that Laura never seems to develop any redeeming or endearing characteristics, even at the end of her schooling. Very little, if any, wisdom was gained over these years.
The story was relatively dry, with no significant emotional or dramatic highlights, no relationships of any lasting consequence and no great epiphanies of insight.
Sure, Laura develops a few friendships, but they are mostly superficial and self-serving. There are mild hints of girl love, especially with the older Evelyn, but no unbreakable bonds of friendship are ever formed.
I'm not sure that Richardson really put her heart and soul into this one - it feels a bit rushed and superficial, and it could have been so much more.
3 stars out of 5
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I rate it with 4stars
Despite the fact Stoker is explicit in his writing using detailed reports via dairies of his characters.
It seems rather too fictive how the professor's memorandum goes back to days in detail which makes it almost to belief he may remember.
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4 out of 4 stars